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TimS comments on Rationality Quotes July 2012 - Less Wrong
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Quote from later in the post.
It seems like Fyfe is saying "'Everyone else is doing it' is a reason for me to do the same." Does that seem right?
Just looking at what you quote, it seems to me rather that he's saying that once I can demonstrate that others have sufficient reason for doing X, I have consequently demonstrated that sufficient reasons for doing X exist, and that was all I needed to do as far as ethics was concerned.
In other words, that ethics is about determining reasons for action, full stop.
Which I agree with, though I find Fyfe's presentation style here tendentious.
(Edit: I would also say that I do think going further is useful. Specifically, "...further, those reasons apply to me just as well as those other people, and therefore I ought to do X" or "...however, those reasons don't apply to me, and therefore it is not the case that I ought to do X")